PANAMA CITY, Panama—When President Theodore Roosevelt formulated plans for the Panama Canal, there was no Panama. The country was still part of the Republic of Colombia despite bouts of on-again ...

President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take back control of the Panama Canal. The Canal has been dubbed the greatest engineering feat in human history. It's also (perhaps less favorably ...

The Canal watershed covers 500,000 hectares and includes six main rivers plus numerous streams and creeks. Water is stored in the Gatún (450 km²) and Alhajuela (50 km²) artificial lakes. “Within the ...

The authorities are prepared to do just about anything to preserve the valuable canal. It is, after all, Panama's main source of income. The mainland population of Panama suffers from chronic ...

A few hundred yards away, gigantic cargo ships stacked with containers chugged along the Panama Canal. But that was another ... backpacks strolling down the main road; a few rode bikes.